Vehicle door



y 1930. G. E. GRIMM 1,759,193

VEHICLE DOOR Original Filed Jul 5, 1923 IN V EN TOR.

Geo/"7e 5 Grimm Patented May 20, 1939 unrriao STATES ATE-NT OFFICE GE'ORGE GRIMM, TOLEDO, OHIO, 'ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLYS-OVERLAND COMPANY,

OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO VEHICLE DOOR Original application filed July 5, 1923, Serial No. 649,588. Divided and this application filed May 21, 1924;

' i Serial No. 714.873.

This invention relates to vehicle doors and the like, and has for one object to provide in combination, improved hoisting, latching and door pull mechanisms, all disposed upon a single panel or lock-board in a manner to form a complete unit, ready for attachment to the door frame.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the various door controlling devices, such as the sash hoisting mechanism, the door latching mechanism, and the door pull handle, as to make it possible to assemble and connect them to a single panel or lock-board, thus permitting the work to be done on the bench under the most favorable conditions. The completed assembly is then mounted upon and connected with the door frame as a unit, requiring but little time in its application, and insuring accuracy in the mounting of the several mechanisms carried by the lock-board.

A further object of the invention is to reduce the number of parts of the door latching mechanism, and to economize in the construction thereof, by mounting the latch bolt and other details of the latch mechanism directly in contact with the panel or look board, which is adapted to form one side of the housing for said mechanism, thus eliminating a portion of the housing ordinarily employed.

To these and other ends, the invention embodies certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out and claimed, it being understood that the invention is susceptible of various modifications, embodiments and arrangements to suit special and varying conditions under which the invention may be practiced.

A structure constituting one embodiment of the invention, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure I is an interior side elevation of a door before the upholstery is applied, and illustrating one form of invention.

Fig. II is an enlarged sectional plan through the door latch, taken on line IIII of Fig. I, and V Fig. III is an enlarged detail section through the door handle, taken on line III- III of Fig. I. Y

Like reference characters illustrate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In illustrating the present invention, I have preferably shown it applied to a vehicle door 10 including the stiles 11 connected by the lower rail 12 and also an upper rail (not shown), as well as by the spaced inner and outer intermediate rails, only oneof which is shown, as indicated at 13, all adapted V to be connected in any desiredmanner. The sash or window glass 14 is suitably mounted for vertical movement in the door frame, and

is held against inward displacement by-the moldings or finishing strips 15 and 16, shown in Figs. I and III.

The panel or lock-board 17 is preferably formed of stamped metal and is connected with the upright door frame members 11, as by means of the screws 18. The panel is provided along its upper edge with an outwardly turned flange 19, upon which rests the crossframe member 13 of the door, and to which the flange is suitably secured as by means of screws (not shown). 7 One of the important features of the invention is the mounting of all parts of the -win dow hoisting and door latch mechanisms upon the panel or lock-board, including'alsothe handle for closing the door and theapplication. of the completed unitary structure to the door frame, simply by placing it in position thereon and driving the screws for connecting it therewith. I

The hoisting mechanism forthe sash may be of any improved type, preferably such as that disclosed in my co-pending application,

Serial-Number 649,588. filed July'5, 1923, the

arm 24 provided with a grooved roller 25 engaging a channel-shaped member, 26 in pwhich the bottom of the glass 14 is secured.

A counter-balancing spring 27 is connected at one end with the segment 22, and atthe other end with the panel-board, as shown in Fig. 1.

7 face of the door board which forms oneside The latch or locking mechanism for the door, carried entirely by the lock-board, may be of any approved type suitable for the purpose, and preferably constitutes a latch-bolt 28 mounted to slide directly upon the inner of the housing of the latch mechanism, thus economizingin the number of parts and the amountofmaterial used. The opposite'pon' tion of the housing for the latch mechanism,

comprises a stamping 29 for the latch-bolt and an'addition al stamping 30 for the remaina ing parts of the mechanism, each stamping being secured to the door board intergral tongue-like portions 31 projecting through 7 cut from said flange and bent to form ahandle loop the free end of said tongue being secured to said panel. w 7

3. In combination with a doo'rframe including Vertical stiles and an intermediate rail and panel secured thereto and provided "with a fia nge secured to said rail, a tongue out from said flange and bent to form a handle .lop and a slot in the panel adjacent said tongue, the free end of said tongue being pro- 7 j'ected through said slotand clinched to said 7 p anel.

. In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

GEORGE E. GRIMM.

openings in the board and: bent over, as in- (heated in Figs. '1 and II. The stampings. '29 and 30 may be'formed of one piece, if desired, and arranged to incl'udeall portions of tliefilatch' mechanism. -The latch-bolt 28 is suitably spring-pressed and adapted to be released from the inside of the vehicle by back and looped around the handle bolt 35 and projectedthrough an opening 36 in the doorboard and secured by bending down, as in -dicated at 37 in Fig. III. This construction affords a strong and economical'method of attaching the pull handle, and reduces the number of parts used, thereby reducing the cost ofmanufacture. 1

i Vhile the construction herein shown and 7 described is well adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that changes in the form, proportions, arrangementof parts and details of construction, may

be resorted to when found expedient, without departing from thespirit of the invention as expressed 1n the, claims.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a door frame and a panel mounted thereon, means for securing a V handle thereto comprising a tongue extending from said panel and bent to form a hinge eye" for the handle, and a slot in the panel adjacent said tongue, the free end of said tongue being projected through said slot and clinched to said panel.

2. In combination with a door frame includlng vertical st les and an intermediate fail, a panel secured thereto and provided with a flange secured to said rail and a tongue 

